Readability assessment of Spanish online patient education materials in gynecologic oncology

IF 1.2 Q3 OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY

Gynecologic Oncology Reports Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI:10.1016/j.gore.2024.101548

Dionna Thomas , Rubina Ratnaparkhi

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Abstract

Objective

Over half of Spanish-speaking patients use the internet to understand their diagnosis. We evaluated readability of Spanish online patient education materials (OPEMs) about gynecologic cancer to assess compliance with National Institute of Health (NIH) recommendations to be at or below eighth grade reading level.

Methods

We conducted an online search using six Spanish gynecologic cancer terms on three major search engines with cookies and location disabled. The first five results by cancer type were included. Readability was analyzed by Spanish Simple Measure of Gobbledygook (SMOG) and Gilliam-Peña-Mountain (GPM) indices. One-way ANOVA with Tukey’s Honestly Significant Difference (HSD) post-hoc analysis was performed.

Results

322 unique OPEMs were retrieved using Spanish queries. This included 132 (41 %) from non-profit organizations, 114 (35.4 %) from governmental organizations, and 63 (19.5 %) from academic medical centers; the remainder were from professional medical society or pharmaceutical company sources. Overall, gynecologic oncology OPEMs were written at a mean 9.8 ± 1.2 grade reading level. Only 14 % of OPEMs were written at or below an eighth grade reading level. There were significant differences in readability by publishing source (p < 0.001). Though there were no significant differences in readability by cancer type (p = 0.07), the mean reading level for all cancer types was between ninth and eleventh grade level.

Conclusions

86% of readily searchable Spanish gynecologic oncology OPEMs are written above recommended reading levels. Gynecologic oncologists should curate and support Spanish-speaking patients in finding high-quality online educational content.

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西班牙语妇科肿瘤学在线患者教育材料的可读性评估。

目的：超过一半的西班牙语患者使用互联网来了解他们的诊断。我们评估了西班牙在线妇科癌症患者教育材料（OPEMs）的可读性，以评估是否符合美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）推荐的8年级阅读水平。方法：我们在三个主要的搜索引擎上使用六个西班牙妇科癌症术语进行了在线搜索，并禁用了cookie和位置。按癌症类型划分的前5个结果包括在内。采用西班牙语简易量表（Spanish Simple Measure of Gobbledygook， SMOG）和Gilliam-Peña-Mountain （GPM）指数分析可读性。采用单因素方差分析和HSD事后分析。结果：使用西班牙语查询检索了322个唯一的opem。其中，非营利机构132家（41%）、政府机构114家（35.4%）、学术医疗中心63家（19.5%）；其余来自专业医学协会或制药公司。总体而言，妇科肿瘤OPEMs的平均阅读水平为9.8±1.2级。只有14%的opem的写作达到或低于八年级的阅读水平。结论：86%易于检索的西班牙妇科肿瘤学OPEMs的写作水平高于推荐阅读水平。妇科肿瘤学家应该帮助讲西班牙语的患者找到高质量的在线教育内容。

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Gynecologic Oncology Reports OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY-

CiteScore

2.00

自引率

0.00%

发文量

183

审稿时长

41 days

期刊介绍： Gynecologic Oncology Reports is an online-only, open access journal devoted to the rapid publication of narrative review articles, survey articles, case reports, case series, letters to the editor regarding previously published manuscripts and other short communications in the field of gynecologic oncology. The journal will consider papers that concern tumors of the female reproductive tract, with originality, quality, and clarity the chief criteria of acceptance.